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I have been specing out a tactical folder (Ti Framelock) and cant find a shouldered stop pin with 4/40 threads. I have a bag of shouldered stops threaded for 2-56 but can seem to find anything larger. Is a shouldered stop threaded in 2-56 plenty strong for a stop on a tactical folder? I also...

Perfect timing and great advice Ed. Sometimes we tend to overthink things out of the shoot, I know I do. This year I have made up my mind to learn to make a solid and practical folder and again your advice was spot on.

I removed the scratches I found but only had 400grit and metal polish so I decided to see what i could get. 10 sec FeCl then removed the oxides with 0000 steel wool and dawn. Rinse, repeat 5 times. I played with the white balance a bit and hope it helps with the pics. Once I get home I will...

Thank you Bruce. I have been out of action for a bit working with the royal rangers academy and getting ready for the National Rondy but getting back in. I apologize for all the cell phone pics and will be building a light tent after I get back from Nationals. Thank you again Bruce.

Those look very nice.

It can be for aesthetics or for function such as when you want a light weight mechanical hold that wont ever come loose. I still epoxy the tube even when flaring them just to seal up an area where moisture or blood could soak in under it. In the stub tangs I am building the single flaired tube...

Thanks John for posting that. I have yet to read a method that is the same. I etched in FeCl as well but did not have any at the fire station so when I lightly polished with 2500 paste I must have polished too long as it washed out the activity. Working a 96 hour shift so having to wait to get...

Thanks John, The blade is 7/64 with a nice distal taper and .040 @ HT I put it on at about 1/16th thick and a thin wash on the blade. I have some W-2 in the shop that I will be using in short order. This was more of a " I wonder if I can get a Hamon with this caulk" Kinda thing and was happy to...

It was Quick-crete fireplace mortar less than 4 bucks a caulk tube. I had maybe 1/16th of an inch on each side of the spine and a wash of the mortar on the blade.

I decided to try some fireplace cement on some 1095 to see if I could produce a hamon with it. The tube was less than 4 bucks but rated at 2000*. I could see the hardening line at 400 and hand sanded to 1200 etching in a ferric chloride solution several times and on the last etch removed the...

coco and 4" blade Sculpted and dyed G10 5" full convex Sculpted and dyed G10 4" saber

7/64 O1 and 1/8 AEBL Mixed bag of popular skinners

O1 skinner with stabilized Walnut scales sent to me from Bruce Bump at Christmas last year. 3.5" blade with distal taper 1/8" thickness 3/4 wide.

Whats yalls thoughts on tapered tangs vs hollow ground tangs on the tacti-cool soldiers blades being offered? I understand there are several proven military blades out but if thats what guys wanted then they wouldnt be coming to me for a personal "warfighter". When I ask them about what...

Very happy with that.

You could bump the Rc to 62-63 and see much better results with wear resistance and still have plenty of toughness that a hunting/ skinning knife needs anyway, I have read its on par with D2 @ 60. I did a One Stick fire with the blade today and had no chipping or failures and still hair popping...

Working on an LSU one too lol Purple and gold G10 with purple kydex and gold eyelets! I could do an Alabama one but would have to charge more just on principle lol!

Thanks! I sent Phil an email and pics of the blade to let him know I was making them but did not want someone thinking it was a Phil Wilson knock-off nor did I want to copy his designs. The little details set them apart.

What Rc and geometry were you using? If you have it too hard and too thin it will simple fracture away quickly. With the above blade and geometry matching the Rc it is preforming very well and has surpassed the steels I have used in the past for hunters. The steel was developed to have extreme...

CPM 10v 4" blade FFG 8.25 OAL 64 Rc Stub tang, G10 handles, corbys and Ti throng tube.